The Road to Tender Hearts

The Road to Tender Hearts

出版日期:
2026/04/13
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三場心臟病、百萬樂透、一隻預知死亡的貓。六十三歲的 PJ 決定出發前往亞利桑那,追回高中初戀!這場公路之旅竟湊齊了失意女兒、兩名孤兒與神祕貓咪。這是一次對生命的溫柔告別,也是重拾愛與責任的最後機會。即便心臟隨時會停跳,也要瘋狂愛一場!

內容簡介

全美暢銷書 ‧ 一部既黑色幽默又暖心的靈魂小說。講述一名老人跨越全國,只為與高中初戀重逢——同行團員包括他成年的女兒、兩名孤兒,以及一隻能預知死亡的貓。由《Rabbit Cake》與《Unlikely Animals》深受喜愛的作者傾力巨獻。

「一部奇蹟般的小說——一場讓你永生難忘的現實與心靈公路之旅。」——約翰·艾文(John Irving)
獲選 NPR 與 Lit Hub 年度最佳圖書


六十三歲的百萬樂透得主 PJ·哈利戴(PJ Halliday)本該是麻薩諸塞州龐德維爾鎮最幸運的人,如果不是因為人生中的那些悲劇:長女猝逝,隨後婚姻分崩離析。自此,PJ 揮霍著金錢與時間泡在酒吧裡,而他的時間恐怕也不多了——他已經歷過三次心臟病發。

然而,當 PJ 讀到昔日情敵的訃聞時,他意識到高中甜心米雪兒(Michelle Cobb)終於恢復單身。對生活燃起全新熱忱的他,決定橫跨美國前往亞利桑那州的「溫柔心靈安養社區」,贏回米雪兒的心。

就在出發前,悲劇再度降臨龐德維爾,PJ 意外成為疏遠兄弟留下的兩名遺孤的監護人。換作別人或許會取消行程,但 PJ 認為這對孤兒離開傷心地或許更有好處。他還找來了二十多歲、生活漫無目的的女兒蘇菲(Sophie)同行幫忙顧小孩。旅程中還有個驚喜成員:胖胖(Pancakes),一隻曾待過療養院、擁有預知死亡天賦的治療貓,最近剛出現在 PJ 家門口。

這可能是 PJ 渴望已久的第二次機會——一個重拾愛情與親情的全新起點。但他還有體力再經歷一次這一切嗎?很有可能,他的心臟撐不住這份負荷。


NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals

“A miraculous novel—an actual and spiritual road trip you won’t forget.”—John Irving

AN NPR AND LIT HUB BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it weren’t for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that. Since then, PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar, and he probably doesn’t have much time left—he’s had three heart attacks already.

But when PJ reads the obituary of his old romantic rival, he realizes his high school sweetheart, Michelle Cobb, is finally single again. Filled with a new enthusiasm for life, PJ decides he’s going to drive across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in Arizona to win Michelle back.

Before PJ can hit the road, tragedy strikes Pondville, leaving PJ the sudden guardian of his estranged brother’s grandchildren. Anyone else would be deterred from the planned trip, but PJ figures the orphaned kids might benefit from getting out of town. PJ also thinks he can ask Sophie, his adult daughter who’s adrift in her twenties, to come along to babysit. And there’s one more surprise addition to the roster: Pancakes, a former nursing home therapy cat with a knack of predicting death, who recently turned up outside PJ’s home.

This could be the second chance PJ has long hoped for—a fresh shot at love and parenting—but does he have the strength to do both those things again? It’s very possible his heart can’t take it.

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作者介紹

Annie Hartnett
Annie Hartnett is the author of Unlikely Animals, which won the Julia Ward Howe Prize for fiction and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is also the author of Rabbit Cake, a finalist for the New England Book Award and a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year. Hartnett has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Associates of the Boston Public Library. Along with writer Tessa Fontaine, she co-runs the Accountability Workshops for writers, helping them commit to routines and embrace the long, slow, joyful, terrible process of doing the work. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog.

規格

誠品貨碼 / 2683119680004
ISBN13 / 9780593873465
ISBN10 /
EAN貨碼 / 9780593873465
頁數 / 400
裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
尺寸 / 13.0 x 20.3 x 2.1 cm
級別 / N:無
提供維修 / 無

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